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2001 Czech Grand Prix

The 2001 Czech Grand Prix was held on 2001-08-18 in Prague, Czech Republic. 11 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: August 18, 2001
Location: Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Type: Strongman Super Series
Division: Men
Hugo Girard
1st Place

Hugo Girard 🇨🇦

Total Points: 58.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Truck Pull
  2. 2. Log Lift
  3. 3. Hercules Hold
  4. 4. Power Stairs
  5. 5. Wheelbarrow Carry
  6. 6. Medley

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hugo Girard 🇨🇦 CAN 58.0
2 Svend Karlsen 🇳🇴 NOR 56.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 🇸🇪 SWE 53.5
4 Brian Schoonveld 🇺🇸 USA 49.5
5 Martin Muhr 🇩🇪 GER 47.0
6 Wout Zijlstra 🇳🇱 NED 41.0
7 Jan Bártl 🇨🇿 CZE 40.0
8 Heinz Ollesch 🇩🇪 GER 36.0
9 Odd Haugen 🇳🇴 NOR 34.5
10 Martin Štefl 🇨🇿 CZE 24.5
11 Jiří Žaloudek 🇨🇿 CZE 22.0

Event-by-Event Results

Hercules Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jan Bártl 48.91 s 12.0
2 Brian Schoonveld 48.10 s 11.0
3 Hugo Girard 41.94 s 10.0
4 Odd Haugen 38.75 s 9.0
5 Martin Muhr 38.13 s 8.0
6 Jiří Žaloudek 35.10 s 7.0
7 Wout Zijlstra 35.07 s 6.0
8 Martin Štefl 34.84 s 5.0
9 Magnus Samuelsson 34.59 s 4.0
10 Svend Karlsen 27.94 s 3.0
11 Heinz Ollesch 22.57 s 2.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hugo Girard 9 reps 12.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 8 reps 10.5
2 Brian Schoonveld 8 reps 10.5
4 Svend Karlsen 7 reps 9.0
5 Heinz Ollesch 6 reps 8.0
6 Odd Haugen 4 reps 6.5
6 Martin Štefl 4 reps 6.5
8 Jan Bártl 3 reps 5.0
9 Jiří Žaloudek 2 reps 4.0
10 Wout Zijlstra 1 rep 3.0
11 Martin Muhr 0 reps 2.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 40.13 s 12.0
2 Wout Zijlstra 44.60 s 11.0
3 Hugo Girard 48.56 s 10.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 49.72 s 9.0
5 Martin Muhr 50.35 s 8.0
6 Jan Bártl 54.56 s 7.0
7 Brian Schoonveld 57.50 s 6.0
8 Heinz Ollesch 59.71 s 5.0
9 Odd Haugen 60.31 s 4.0
10 Martin Štefl 91.12 s 3.0
11 Jiří Žaloudek DNF 2.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martin Muhr 24.13 s 12.0
2 Svend Karlsen 27.19 s 11.0
3 Wout Zijlstra 27.28 s 10.0
4 Magnus Samuelsson 28.56 s 9.0
5 Hugo Girard 33.03 s 8.0
6 Jan Bártl 33.62 s 7.0
7 Heinz Ollesch 36.47 s 6.0
8 Odd Haugen 40.53 s 5.0
9 Martin Štefl 45.81 s 4.0
10 Jiří Žaloudek 11 stairs 3.0
11 Brian Schoonveld 8 stairs 2.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Svend Karlsen 25.11 s 12.0
2 Hugo Girard 25.50 s 11.0
3 Magnus Samuelsson 25.63 s 10.0
4 Heinz Ollesch 26.75 s 9.0
5 Brian Schoonveld 31.53 s 8.0
6 Martin Muhr 32.88 s 7.0
7 Jan Bártl 33.50 s 6.0
8 Odd Haugen 34.75 s 5.0
9 Martin Štefl 42.75 s 4.0
10 Wout Zijlstra 44.41 s 3.0
11 Jiří Žaloudek 17.3 m 2.0

Wheelbarrow Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Schoonveld 9.56 s 12.0
2 Magnus Samuelsson 9.94 s 11.0
3 Martin Muhr 10.41 s 10.0
4 Svend Karlsen 10.50 s 9.0
5 Wout Zijlstra 11.07 s 8.0
6 Hugo Girard 11.47 s 7.0
7 Heinz Ollesch 12.09 s 6.0
8 Odd Haugen 12.38 s 5.0
9 Jiří Žaloudek 14.91 s 4.0
10 Jan Bártl 14.97 s 3.0
11 Martin Štefl 15.12 s 2.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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